JURY (AMENDMENT) ACT.
Act No. 8 , 1924.
| An Act to e x e m p t dent is ts and | cer ta in o ther persons |
| from | serving u p o n jur ies ; to a m e n d the law |
| as to ju ro rs | distr icts , t he service | of ju ror ' s |
s u m m o n s , and t h e p repara t ion of j u r y l i s t s ; t o a m e n d the J u r y Act , 1912 ; and for purposes connected therewi th . [Assen ted to , 25th
| S e p t e m b e r , | 1924.] |
| BE it enacted by the K i n g ' s Most Exce l l en t | Majesty , |
by and wi th t h e advice and consent of t h e Legis
| la t ive | Council and Legis la t ive Assembly of N e w South |
| Wales | in P a r l i a m e n t assembled, and by the au thor i ty of |
t he same, as follows :—
| 1 . | This | A c t m a y be cited | as t he " J u r y | ( A m e n d m e n t ) |
2 . The J u r y Act , 1912, as amended by the J u r y
| ( A m e n d m e n t ) | Act , 1918, is | fur ther | a m e n d e d — |
| t h a n | t en m i l e s ; | and " ; | |
| |
| (a) | by inse r t ing | t he | following | p a r a g r a p h s | n e x t |
| after | p a r a g r a p h | (p ii) of section | f i ve :— |
| (p | iii) | dent i s t s | regis tered | u n d e r t he | Den t i s t s |
| Act , | 1912, or | a n y | A c t a m e n d i n g | or |
| rep lac ing | t h e | s a m e ; |
| (p iv) | the employees | of | t h e G o v e r n m e n t of |
| any | Sta te | of | t h e | C o m m o n w e a l t h | of |
| Aus t ra l i a | o ther | t h a n | N e w | South |
| W a l e s ; |
| (b) | by omitting from the first proviso to section |
e ight t h e words " such rad ius shal l no t be less
(c) (i) by inser t ing the fol lowing subsection next
after subsect ion one of section fifteen :—
| (1A) | (a) | If | t he | Sup reme | Cour t | is |
appoin ted to be held a t such town or place, the said clerk shall , before trans m i t t i n g such copy to the sheriff, m a r k thereon and on the or iginal corrected list t h e n a m e of every person described in the said list as a jus t ice of the peace, lessee of t he Crown, banker , bank director, me rchan t , accountan t , engineer , manage r of a s tat ion, broker , chemis t , druggis t , warehouseman,
| commission | agent , | a rchi tec t , | or | as | t he |
| owner or t e n a n t | of any lands | or | t e n e m e n t s |
| of the year ly va lue of one hund red | pounds |
| and | upwards . |
(b) The m a r k shal l consist of a
capi tal le t te r " S " and a n u m b e r in red ink
prefixed to t he n a m e of every such person.
| (e) The n u m b e r s | shall be in a |
| regula r | a r i thmet ica l | series. |
(d) The names so marked shall for
| t he | purposes | of th is | A c t | cons t i tu te | t he |
| special j u ro r s ' | l ist for | the ju rors ' | distr ict . |
(c) This subsect ion shall no t apply
| to the ju rors ' dis tr ict of t he ci ty of | S y d n e y ; |
| (ii) by omi t t i ng section seventeen and | by |
| inse r t ing | t he | following | section | in | lieu |
| thereof :— |
| 17. (1) | Excep t in t he case of the j u ro r s ' |
d is t r ic t of the c i ty of Sydney, each list so
| t r ansmi t t ed | to | t he | sheriff | shall | cons t i tu te |
| t he | " j u r o r s ' | b o o k " | for | the | ju ro r s ' | d is t r ic t |
in respect of which i t has been prepared.
| (2) | W i t h i n | t h i r t y | days | from | t h e |
receipt of the list for t he j u ro r s ' district of t h e ci ty of Sydney t h e sheriff shall m a k e out therefrom a ju rors ' book to be called " t he Sydney J u r o r s ' B o o k " for such dis tr ic t , and shal l in the said book t r an scribe in a lphabe t ica l order the names of all persons conta ined in the said list, beg inn ing under each le t ter of the a lphabet , wi th the
su rname
surname of each person together with the addition of the degree, calling or business, residence and qualification of each person ;
(iii) by omitting section twenty and by inserting the following section in lieu thereof:—
20. Immediately after making out the Sydney jurors' book the sheriff shall mark in red ink the names of all special jurors contained therein in the manner prescribed in subsection two of secion fifteen of this Act, and the names so numbered shall constitute the "Sydney Special Jurors ' Book " ;
(iv) by omitting section twenty-one;
(v) by inserting in subsection two of section
| twenty-three after the words " T a r t | I V | |
| the words " a n d Part A" " ; |
(vi) by omitting section twenty-four ;
(d) by omitting subsection two of section forty-five.